Re-siting corporate responsibility: The making of South Africa's Avon entrepreneurs

Focaal

Volumn , Issue 60, 2011, Pages 21-33

  Dolan, Catherine ^a   Johnstone Louis, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CSR; Development; Entrepreneurship; Gender; Poverty reduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860505696     PISSN: 09201297     EISSN: 15585263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3167/fcl.2011.600103     Document Type: Article

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